<r> I loaded up the game for the first time in a few years. Still awesome. I searched around for efficient starting Constructors, Explorers and Bases, and found a mix of information regarding Construction Yards and Manufacturing Plants. I am using the Bacon Mod + Retreat's UE + Das Chrome Blue mod ...

<t> I think colony values are scaled too high in this (and popular mods of this) game, and population growth is way too high. To max out a planet's pop in a fraction of the long term game's timeframe is silly, and that your colony income can grow from a modest start of ~25k to 800k+ in just 4-6 ...